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Commonwealth of Independent States

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The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) is a regional intergovernmental organization comprising states of the former Soviet Union, formed after the collapse of the union in December 1991. Its origins trace to the Belovezha Accords, signed by the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus on December 8, 1991, and it formally came into being on December 21, 1991, when the founding agreement was expanded to include the Central Asian republics, the Transcaucasian republics, and Moldova, per Encyclopaedia Britannica. The Baltic states declined to join. Minsk serves as the CIS’s administrative center, with its Executive Committee also maintaining an office in Moscow. The organization coordinates member states’ economic, foreign, defense, immigration, environmental, and law-enforcement policy through a council of heads of state and government. Georgia finalized its withdrawal in August 2009 following its 2008 war with Russia, and Ukraine formally withdrew in 2018 after Russia’s annexation of Crimea. In October 2025, the CIS Heads of State Council granted the Shanghai Cooperation Organization observer status at a Dushanbe meeting, citing shared positions on counterterrorism, trade, and international law.

Business Finland

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Business Finland is a non-profit company fully owned by the Finnish government, established in January 2018. It acts as Finland’s official agency for supporting businesses, attracting foreign investment, promoting tourism, and bringing skilled workers to Finland. It provides funding, advice, and networking opportunities to Finnish companies and research organizations looking to grow internationally. Business Finland is under the oversight of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment.

Nine O’clock

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Founded in 1991 following the 1989 anti-communist revolution that overthrew the dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu, Nine O’Clock is an English-language daily newspaper in Romania. The newspaper covers politics, economics, culture, and society. In recent years, the Chinese Embassy in Romania has published articles through the outlet on several occasions. In September 2025, for example, the paper ran an article by Chinese Ambassador Chen Feng (陈峰) describing “defense of the One-China principle” — the PRC’s assertion of territorial sovereignty over Taiwan — as the “foundation” of relations between the countries. The commentary followed a visit to self-ruled Taiwan by a delegation from the Senate of Romania.

Finnish Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment

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The Finnish Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment is a Finnish government ministry established on January 1, 2008, as part of the Government Program — or negotiated policy platform — of the second government (2007-2010) of Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen, a former journalist and leader of Finland’s centrist Center Party. The ministry covers entrepreneurship, innovation, labor markets, and regional development, and also oversees energy policy, competition and consumer affairs, and labor migration. 

Mandarin TV

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Mandarin TV is a 24-hour Chinese-French television station providing programs across Europe. Founded by the Paris-based C-Media (歐洲中誼文化傳媒公司), which openly describes itself on the banner of its website as an entity “authorized by the State Council Information Office” — referring to the Chinese government office responsible for “external propaganda” and identical to the Central Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) — the broadcaster reportedly became the first Chinese-language television station to obtain a license from France’s Conseil supérieur de l’audiovisuel (CSA), the country’s former media regulator, since succeeded by Arcom. The channel launched in 2015 as “French Overseas Chinese Satellite TV” (法國華人衛視) and underwent a rebranding in 2021 as Europe TV (歐洲衛視) as it expanded its satellite footprint on the continent. Despite reporting of the name change by China’s official People’s Daily, the broadcaster’s website and online channels, including YouTube, identified it still as “Mandarin TV” as of 2026. Though Mandarin TV has said that it aims to “promote cultural exchange and cooperation between China and Europe,” it has clear affiliations with Chinese state media, including China Central Television, and its open acknowledgment of its “authorization” by the State Council Information Office (國信辦授權單位), or SCIO, suggests at least accommodation of China’s state communication strategies, and possibly active collaboration. The broadcaster’s YouTube channel also released programs from Chinese media such as Inside China: A Discovery Tour, a documentary by Xinhua News Agency to explore the human rights situation in China. In an interview in 2021, Chen Shiming (陳世明), the founder of Mandarin TV, said the channel had worked with state-run media, including China Central Television (中央電視台) China Radio International (中國國際廣播電台) Shanghai Television (上海電視台) Wenzhou Television (溫州電視台). In 2022, the broadcaster’s YouTube channel released a documentary by the Chinese government’s Xinhua News Agency lauding the concept of “whole-process democracy,” which had emerged as a key propaganda theme in China the year before. The documentary also argued that human rights were broadly protected in China.

Visit Finland

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Visit Finland is Finland’s official national tourism promotion organization, wholly owned by Business Finland, the country’s official government body for trade and investment promotion, and operating under the mandate of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment. It is responsible for promoting Finland internationally as a travel destination and supporting domestic travel industry companies in developing and marketing services for global audiences. It also runs the Sustainable Travel Finland program, a certification pathway guiding tourism businesses toward internationally recognized sustainability standards.

Lazio Regional Order of Journalists

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The Lazio Regional Order of Journalists (Ordine dei Giornalisti del Lazio) was one of the councils founded in 1963 under Italy’s National Council of the Order of Journalists (Ordine dei Giornalisti Consiglio Nazionale), the country’s national governing body for journalist licensing responsible also for the mandatory training of journalists, freelancers, and other media workers. More than 18,000 media workers completed training in 2025, according to the latest annual meeting of the national group. In the meeting, it also looked at an overview of disciplinary incidents in the workplace in the region. 

Tavuli News

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Based in the capital city of Honiara, Tavuli News is a privately-owned news media outlet established in 2022 that describes itself as an “independent media service provider.” It publishes and broadcasts news content across multiple platforms, and claims partnerships with a number of broadcasters in the region, including the local TTV and New Zealand’s Pasifika TV. The outlet says its vision is to “raise the standard of journalism in the Solomon Islands during this digital era by facilitating the spread of accurate and relevant information for all communities.” In June 2026, Tavuli News signed a media cooperation agreement with the Guizhou Today Convergent Media Group (贵州日报当代融媒体集团有限责任公司), an entity full controlled by provincial government in Guizhou, and affiliated with Guizhou Daily (貴州日報), the official mouthpiece of the Guizhou Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). 

Radio Mandarin d’Europe

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Radio Mandarin d’Europe ( (欧洲华语广播电台) is a Paris-based bilingual broadcaster that provides full-day programs on topics such as news updates, tourism, and culture, with 12 hours in French and another 12 in Chinese. The establishment of the station was approved in 2013 by the Superior Audiovisual Council (Conseil supérieur de l’audiovisuel), the French authority responsible for regulating radio and television broadcasting. The broadcaster sometimes refers to itself as the “European Chinese Broadcast News Agency” (欧洲华语广播通讯社). According to the outlet’s archived “About Us” page, it has “established cooperative relationships with propaganda offices in Beijing, Zhejiang, Guangdong, and other regions, and is committed to becoming an overseas media platform dedicated to promoting Chinese cultural concepts.” More recently, the outlet’s website has announced cooperation to promote the Belt and Road Initiative, Xi Jinping’s signature global development and infrastructure program.